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Here’s An Original Idea for Threatening Your Local Tax Authority

Posted on December 6, 2011 by Caleb Newquist

Envelopes with white powder? Please. Bomb threats? Played. Planes into buildings? Meh.

If you really want to get some attention, you need to employ tactics that would make Samuel L. Jackson soil himself:


[via TaxProf]

Posted in Tax, VideoTagged India, original ideas, snakes, the hatred of taxes is universal

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